African Center of Excellence for Innovative Teaching and Learning Mathematics and Science (ACEITLMS), University of Rwanda College of Education (URCE), Kayonza, P.O Box 55 Rwamagana, Rwanda.
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Kansas, Joseph R. Pearson Hall, Rm. 621, 1122 West Campus Rd. Lawrence, Kansas, 66045-3101, USA.
F1000Res. 2021 Jul 28;10:679. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.53135.2. eCollection 2021.
This dataset is an accumulation of data collected to test Rwandan physics students' conceptual understanding of light phenomena and to assess instructional tools for active learning of optics. We collected and analysed data from 251 grade 11 (senior 5) students using our Light Phenomena Conceptual Assessment (LPCA) tool and from 136 grade 10 (senior 4) students using Geometric Optics Conceptual Understanding Test (GOCUT) in 2019. Before collecting data, we designed and validated LPCA and GOCUT, and tested their reliability. Data were collected before and after students learnt about the unit of light. Both day and boarding schools in rural and urban areas were included in our sampling. Data collected were test scores from students after performing a 30-item LPCA test or 25-item GOCUT test in 40 minutes. The data may be reused to extend students' understanding of optics concepts through item analysis, analysis of school characteristics such as location and school type, or by analysing students' characteristics such as subject combinations.
这个数据集是为了测试卢旺达物理学生对光现象的概念理解而收集的数据的积累，也是为了评估光学主动学习的教学工具。我们使用我们的光现象概念评估（LPCA）工具收集和分析了 2019 年 251 名 11 年级（高级 5 年级）学生和 136 名 10 年级（高级 4 年级）学生的数据。在收集数据之前，我们设计并验证了 LPCA 和 GOCUT，并测试了它们的可靠性。数据是在学生学习完光的单位之前和之后收集的。我们的抽样包括农村和城市地区的走读和寄宿学校。收集的数据是学生在 40 分钟内完成 30 项 LPCA 测试或 25 项 GOCUT 测试后的考试成绩。这些数据可以通过项目分析、对地理位置和学校类型等学校特征的分析、或对学科组合等学生特征的分析，重新用于扩展学生对光学概念的理解。
